Zooey Deschanel Veganizes Top Chef Masters Next Week

Nerd sex icon and indie darling Zooey Deschanel is the celebrity guest judge on Top Chef Masters next week, where she will irritate the chefs with her dietary restrictions. She’s vegan, is gluten intolerant, and doesn’t eat soy. What will the chefs create for her?

Keep in mind these are the same people who came up with such winning dishes as swordfish meatballs (Chef Michael Chiarello), tongue tacos (Chef Rick Bayless), and korean steak tartare (Chef Anita Lo).
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What’s a nerd sex icon? Is that someone people want to have “nerd sex” with or a nerdy person who’s a sex icon? Just askin’.

I like how Zooooooooey glows. Her skin frakkin glows, people. She’s like a human firefly.

Vegan soy works for me, I say.

jessica

I’m excited about this. As a vegetarian, I get depressed thinking about how I could never ever go on one of these cooking shows, even if I was an amazing chef, because people are so obsessed with their proteins. It will be refreshing to see food on this show that I could actually enjoy.

KaeLyn

I’m a Top Chef fan and a vegan. I’ve always wished for a veggie challenge that goes beyond tofu. I’m psyched to be able to watch the Chefs discover and create delicious vegan food!

http://nancyimperiale.wordpress.com Nancy

Ditto! I’m a veggie too! That’s my prob with cooking shows in general. Paula gets to tawkin’ to the raw chickens and chit and I just gotta change channels.

Not too inside baseball, Maria. You always hit em out of the park!

I loved Zoooooooey on Weeds. I would like to think that’s what I’d be like if I had no boobs and blue eyes.